Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-08-09
THE CORN PACKING BUSINESS IN


MAINE.
Mr.. NJ. ~ Rich. secretary OF The Port
land Board OF Trade. writes The following
respecting the green corn packing Industry
of this StAts. Ant the snali beginning from
which Il grew
"Early In the Aaiumn OF 1855, while ar
ranging with Mr.. Nathan winslow ior
printing q quantity of yellow labels fOr
Dramatically sealed corn, TIE writer sag.
gcstcd that he should advertise his goods
In the Daily. Niais ~ Mdias newspaper. a.
II Was an ''lnvention- then almost entirely
unknovn In this city OF State. The sag-
gestlOn seemed to strike Mr.. wlnslow
favoraoly. and he nnally agreed 20 adver-
tise 90 The amount OF ten dollars. II We
would take our pay for The same In his
preserved corn. Never having seen nor
tasted n, I agreed 10 call Al bis once on
Unlon wharf and examine the mysterious
commodity 20 see II such quantity could
be utilized A. = food.
Accordingly | visited bis little ofnee slt-
uated well down on Union wharf, where,
In = rough. dlngy. unfinished room, was
ranged along q row of cans, yellow label.
ct) altogether psrhaps there were Eve or
slx dozen ekns-many considerably freek.
led with rust Upon sAmpling, the cans
appeared s0lidly packed with son, yel'
low corn wilton; any liquid mixture. not
unlike huiied corn In appearance. txcept
that Il Was closer packed ard more pssiy
In consistency. For q new thing -
tAsi- was rather attractive and agreeable.
bat remembsring that iitiie or no care hai
been observed In packing Jas, In the time
of milk A. now. and that the more mature.
was All mixed with the premature, a, one
gathering. Ard without any doeiorlng or
ionlng up with sugar. II i not strange
that there wtrc grave doubts of ia ever
amounting 90 much except - q linitsd
exient In ship stores or Zoe use in remote
corners o., The earth.
Having taken the ten dollars worth OF
Mr wiuslOw's corn. II was parceled out
% those connected With the Cfice, who
cvincsd relish for novelties In food. and
for The arst time In IL history. "Catisisrs
of Tlsrmetically Sealed Green Corn" were
advertised In our nswspspsrs Watcher
Mr. wiuslOw ever realized prcnt enough
out of that seasons packing 10 pay for bis
Investment In advertising or not never
bead him say. bui think I, doubtful
Yet from ms small beginning has grOwa
What l. Que % the greatest AMI most I'M
portAui interests u Maine.
Prom Mr. winslov's little corn ''paich-
on The banks OF the frcsumpscoi In West
brook Ocr corn fsids have spread % 1900
acrcs o. growing erops The presen, season.
and instead OF a sale Of q few dozen canis-
ters no lees than 100000 will bat par
italy nl TIE orders already In Tor Maine
sweet corn, srd ofthe various brands row
packet here aud elsewhere. none IL 80
popular throughout The world ~ this day,
a. that bearing Unelc NA.han winslow's
olt original yellow label Those who sue
ceed % hls business Arc rsaplns rich re-
ward Tor his great care and honest meth
ois a. pioneer In TIE b1siness.
Nathan Wlnslow hrst conceived The Idea
% packing corn from his brother Isaac.
Who Was located In Paris. France. where
he wAs engaged In the whaling business,
Ant became very wealthy.
IN ftiin. out vessels for whaling voyA'
res. Isaac WAS In The way % purchasing
many article. of meat. dried and pressed,
In ihe form OF Gales of toilet soap. and In
bottles, cans. ETC.. ant scnt samples 70
Nathan. aui impaired such other Inform.
alton a. iet aim % experiment In hermeii'
cAliy seAllrg "grccn corn" Ia canisiers,
And tAe racks og The frst few years, u
shoali be remembered. were eouaaed 10
Canada Yellow Corn.
Sweet corn Il one OF The many Improve
msris. since introduced. to perfect The
present delicious article OF food. NO
state or territory has YET been able 10
compete With The crop grown on what Il
known a. The sweet corn belt OF Maine,
the peculiar adsp.Ablllty OF the sol giving
4 quick. crisp growth, that always insutes
sweet sni milky freshness nowhere else
20 Dc ohtalned.-Hgas Fhra.